A brace from Paul Gallagher helped Plymouth to a 2-1 win away at Crystal Palace.
Pilgrims pile more misery on Warnock's men
A brace from Paul Gallagher helped Plymouth to a 2-1 win away at Crystal Palace.
The Pilgrims have now secured back-to back wins in the Championship and are upwardly mobile once more.
Palace, meanwhile, who grabbed a late consolation through Paddy McCarthy, sit just outside the relegation zone after just one win in their opening seven fixtures.
Plymouth, buoyed by their first win of the season at Watford on Tuesday night, were first on the attack and Luke Summerfield and Gallagher both tested Julian Speroni with low free-kicks.
Palace were claiming a penalty in the 11th minute when Ben Watson wriggled clear and tumbled under Craig Cathcart's challenge, but referee Neil Swarbrick was unimpressed.
Jose Fonte fired over for the hosts before overlapping full-back Danny Butterfield forced Argyle keeper Romain Larrieu to tip his drive over the crossbar.
Palace came close to opening the scoring when Clint Hill met Watson's corner with a downward header which Summerfield cleared off the line.
But Argyle went ahead in the 28th minute when Summerfield played a short corner to Gallagher, who sent a right-footed shot looping over Speroni and into the net from the edge of the box.
At the other end Larrieu, making his 200th league appearance for the visitors, almost marked the milestone with a clanger when he let Watson's cross slipped through his arms, but the ball floated wide.
Stunning
The Argyle keeper then pulled off a stunning fingertip save to keep out Paul Ifill's fierce volley, and blocked Alan Lee's tame shot as the first half drew to a close.
Lee, who had missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, was withdrawn at half-time with teenager Victor Moses sent on.
The England U19 international almost made a stunning impact, controlling the ball on his chest before smashing in a volley which the back-pedalling Larrieu just managed to tip over.
Shaun Derry then fired inches wide from the edge of the area before Larrieu kept out Nick Carle after a goalmouth scramble.
But it was Plymouth who grabbed the vital second goal of the game when Gallagher found the net in the 56th minute.
The Scot collected a high ball in midfield, cut inside retreating Palace defender Matt Lawrence and sent a superb low shot across Speroni and into the net from 25 yards.
Neil Warnock sent centre-half Fonte into attack with Ifill, and they set up a grandstand finish when substitute McCarthy headed home Watson's corner.
But Plymouth saw out a nervy four minutes of stoppage time to claim the points.
